OAKFIELD, Maine (WAGM) - An abnormally warm winter combined with burgeoning logging labor shortages led Katahdin Forest Products, parent company of Katahdin Cedar Log Homes, to lay off 20 employees ...

In this video, we begin a new project: constructing a cedar log sauna next to our sugar shack, surrounded by cedar trees. This site is accessible by vehicle, making material transport easier compared ...

It’s a surprise when a house built of logs and stones turns out to look refined, even sophisticated. But this one does, and it starts with the exterior. Yes it’s logs, but they’re lightly stained with ...

High prices for western red cedar prompted the Idaho Department of Fish and Game to move ahead with a 40-acre timber sale near Lake Pend Oreille, despite opposition from local residents. The agency ...

Lynne and Chris Burt weren’t sure a log home was their style. The idea of building with sustainable northern white cedar logs appealed to the environmentally conscious Burts. Northern white cedar ...

An ancient cedar tree is helping members of the Coeur d’Alene Tribe reclaim their identity as canoe-makers. From toddlers to elders, tribal members are taking turns shaping the dugout canoe with hand ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service denied endangered species protection today to the Alaska yellow cedar, which is threatened by the climate crisis and expanded logging in the ...

If diversity has been key to surviving the recent recession for many in the construction industry, log home maker Katahdin Cedar Log Homes in Oakfield offers a compelling case in point. “When we ...

In this video, we begin a new project with the construction of a cedar log sauna next to our sugar shack, located in a cedar tree area. The site is accessible for vehicle transport of materials. We ...